In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
imphee (countable and uncountable, plural imphees)
(botany) African sugar cane (Sorghum bicolor, syn. Holcus saccharatus).
• Phemie, hempie
Source: Wiktionary
Im"phee, n. (Bot.)
Definition: The African sugar cane (Holcus saccharatus), -- resembling the sorghum, or Chinese sugar cane.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 May 2025
(noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; “an air of mystery”; “the house had a neglected air”; “an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate’s headquarters”; “the place had an aura of romance”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.